wxWikiServer vs. XWiki vs. giewiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. WikiASP

General Features wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Version
1.5.11c
18.5.0
1.13.1
3.9.1
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2026-06-29 (17 days ago)
2011-07-21 (14 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2026-06-29 (17 days ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
XWiki Development Team
Poul Staugaard
Herbert Reiter
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
new BSD License
AGPL-3.0-only
FREE
Programming Language
C++
Java
Python
Java
ASP
Data Storage
Files
Database, RCS
other
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
community/personal
personal usage, small teams
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
Hosting Features wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Any platform supporting Java 21 or greater
Windows/Mac/Linux
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
built-in
Servlet 5.0+
Google App Engine or SDK
Built-in
IIS
Other Requirements
None
Java 21, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Python 2.5
Java VM 17+
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Other
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
App Engine
No
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
unknown
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
Google accounts
N/A
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
2
German, English
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
No
Categories
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Links wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
All
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
no
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Usability wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
Statistics wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Output wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Patch
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
No
Extras wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer XWiki giewiki MoasdaWiki WikiASP
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
WikiWord
External Link
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
!Headline
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
**bold**
''Bald''
''bold''
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
//Italics//
//Italy//
##italic##
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__underline__
__Undertow__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
##monospace##
{{{Courier}}}
@@monospace font@@
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--Strike--
--Sorry--
~~striked through~~
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
256^^2^^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Sub~~script~~
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
Images
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
{{image:wiki.png}}
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
] centred text
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
{{center}}centered text
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
* two.1
* List
** list
*** list
* One
* Two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
# One
# Two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
; term
: definition
; term
: description
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
Horizontal Rule
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